Moto Mania, May 2016

Moto Mania at the Uptown VFW took place at the same time as First Thursday at Dulono's Pizza but was held in the covered parking lot of the VFW just down the street.  It had a different vibe, more-focused on choppers and garage-built bikes.  For the short time they co-existed, I always checked out and enjoyed both.  Back in  May 2016, Moto Mania 2: The Big Deuce was less than 2 months away and Dan was busy promoting it.  In case you forgot, Moto Mania (the bike night) had the same name as Moto Mania (the dirt track event in Owatonna).  Dan always liked to keep things simple.  If I'm not mistaken, I believe this was the last Moto Mania (bike night) as Heavy Thursdays kicked off the following month.

I rode my XL883R, seen here to the left of Zac's bike.

Jake's bike looked so awesome with that tank:

Those ain't blue flowers...

Todd's Wagonburner:

Tucked under Brett's seat, you can see the promotion for the first ever Heavy Thursday - to happen the very next month.

Andy's bike, long before he left us all to start his hamburger empire in Tennessee.

Now those lights are tucked in tight!

Not only was the beer free (really!), you typically had your choice of "Coors" or "not-Coors".  Here you can see Dan restocking the "Coors".

The table showcased some of the raffle items that would be given away at The Big Deuce.

Bring back memories?  It sure did for me.  Want to see more photos of Moto Mania bike nights?  Check out these blogposts.  While summer bike nights at Dulono's and the Uptown VFW are just a memory now, Heavy Thursdays are still alive and well.  The first one of 2024 is next month on May 2nd (still the first Thursday of the month).  New for this year is that the location will rotate and is a mystery until 24 hours before.  Follow Heavy for details!